Welcome to the Class of 1962
Did You Know?
February 20 John Glenn is the first American to orbit the earth
March 2 Wilt Chamberlain scores 100 points in a basketball game
April 26 NASA's Ranger 4 spacecraft crashes into the Moon.
July 2 The first Wal-Mart store officially opens for business.
July 6 William Faulkner died.
July 10 Telstar, the world's first communications satellite, is launched into orbit.
July 23 The Telstar satellite relays the first live trans-Atlantic television signal.
August 5 Movie star Marilyn Monroe is found dead in her Los Angeles home.
September 11 The Beatles record the song Love Me Do. It would be their debut single
September 12 President John F. Kennedy states that the USA will put a man on the moon and bring him back to earth safely, by the end of the decade.
September 23 The cartoon the Jetsons airs for the first time.
October 1 Johnny Carson becomes the host of The Tonight Show. He will host for 30 years.
October 14 Cuban Missile Crisis begins when photos are taken of Soviet nuclear weapons being installed in Cuba.
October 25 Adlai Stevenson shows photos at the UN proving Soviet missiles are installed in Cuba
November 7 Former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt died at age 78.
December 22 The 1,000,000th NBA point is scored
Famous Birthdays
January 17 Jim Carrey (Actor)
February 7 Garth Brooks (Singer)
February 22 Steve Irwin (Crocodile Hunter)
March 2 John Bon Jovi (Singer)
March 3 Herschel Walker (Football Player)
March 3 Jackie Joyner-Kersee (Track and Field Athlete)
March 12 Darryl Strawberry (Baseball Player)
March 21 Matthew Broderick (Actor)
March 30 MC Hammer (Rapper)
April 26 Michael Damian (Singer)
May 12 Emilio Estevez (Actor)
May 30 Manny Ramirez (Baseball Player)
June 2 Clyde Drexler (Basketball Player)
June 13 Ally Sheedy (Actress)
July 3 Tom Cruise (Actor)
July 4 Pam Shriver (Tennis Player)
July 19 Anthony Edwards (Actor)
July 31 Wesley Snipes (Actor)
August 4 Roger Clemons (Baseball Player)
August 5 Patrick Ewing (Basketball Player)
August 24 Craig Kilborn (Talk Show Host)
August 29 Rebecca De Mornay (Actress)
September 26 Melissa Sue Anderson (TV's Mary Ingalls)
September 29 Roger Bart (Actor)
October 11 Joan Cusack (Actress)
October 13 Jerry Rice (NFL Star Wide Reciever)
October 16 Flea (Guitarist for Red Hot Chili Peppers)
October 19 Evander Holyfield (Boxer)
October 24 Dave Blaney (Nascar Driver)
November 1 Anthony Keides (Singer - Red Hot Chili Peppers)
November 11 Demi Moore (Actress)
November 19 Jodie Foster (Actress)
November 30 Bo Jackson (Football Player)
December 6 Janine Turner (Actress)
December 16 "William ""The Fridge"" Perry (Football Player)"
December 22 Ralph Fiennes (Actor)
